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This is another reason for Jon to release ST as an open source project. The editor is extremely polished at this point, and now only new features and niche issu
by vortico 11y ago
This is another reason for Jon to release ST as an open source project. The editor is extremely polished at this point, and now only new features and niche issues like Python modules should be added to the core codebase. I imagine that since ST is no longer growing as it was years ago, the future money flow is relatively insignificant.
Atom may have more momentum and plugins than Sublime right now, but since the core is built upon Chromium rather than Jon's custom beautiful and latency-free cross platform UI framework, it will never suit everyone's needs of performance and responsiveness. The world needs a good native, fast editor with a focus on mouse pointer editing, but only gvim is a viable (and bloated) contender.
Donations for software like this works fantastically, as I know from experience, and the increased momentum of an open source release would increase the number of commercial users willing to ethically support the project.
However, if it remains proprietary, ST is still a respectable editor I will be using for the next decade.
- andrewchambers 11y agoI'd be happy if he made the source open once you have bought it, but you can't redistribute.
- trentmb 11y ago> This is another reason for Jon to release ST as an open source project. I'd be content with source available to licensed users- I've already sunk money into it, why not bug fixes?
- swah 11y agoThen we couldn't implement new features?
- slowmovintarget 11y agoI've been using both Atom and Sublime Text 3 "in anger" over the last two months. As good as Atom has become now that it has reached 1.x, I find that the editor I turn to is Sublime. It just works. subl . and poof, it's up in a directory atom . 7 or 8 seconds later it's partly up... I bought ST2 some time ago, and I'd buy ST3 if he pulled the trigger and moved it out of beta... But not if it truly is abandon-ware. I'm willing to pay for quality commercial software, and Sublime Text 3 is high-quality. But I want to know that the project hasn't been walked away from.
- kansface 11y agoST3 is still being developed, if slowly. If you use it, I'd encourage you to buy it.
- slowmovintarget 11y agoAs I stated, I've already purchased a license. A license for ST2 is also a license for ST3 beta. He's stated that when ST3 is out of beta, it'll require a new license which I'll likely purchase. There isn't anything else to buy right now except what I already have. https://www.sublimetext.com/buy https://www.sublimetext.com/buy
- eknkc 11y agoI give Atom a shot once in a while. Had week long atom periods 3-4 times now, always went back to ST3. However, this time i've been on it for a month or so. Haven't had a big complaint other that the boot time. I think it's gonna start replacing ST as daily driver for a lot of people with this development pace.